Republicans: Where George Was

The letter was two years old, but last
week it was must reading for most politiciansand Republicans in
particular. Sent by Michigan's Governor George Romney to Barry
Goldwater after the G.O.P.'s disastrous 1964 showing, it explained in
twelve lucid pages just why Romney had declined to support the party's
presidential ticket. Its contents were a secret until the New York
Times obtained and published a copy from sources whose identity remains
a mystery. Highlights:

> Stressing his conviction that neither major party should be
exclusively conservative or liberal, Romney warned: "Dogmatic...